TIRANA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Albanian government Friday announced it was planning to offer public private partnership incentives for the construction of two new hydro and liquid gas-fired thermal power plants (TPPs).
The two plants will be built in the southeast region of Korca and the southwest town of Kucova, local media reported, as part of the framework of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project.
The construction of Albania's onshore section of the natural gas TAP project is about to be completed; with 70 percent of overall works completed.
The Albanian government also announced it was planning to revive the Vlora thermal power plant by feeding it with gas from TAP. Vlora TPP was completed in 2011 but never put into operation over technical issues and due to high power generation costs.
TAP, designed to bring Azeri gas to Greece, Albania, Italy and then to European market, is expected to inject over 1 billion U.S. dollars in Albanian economy and has employed more than 2,500 Albanian citizens.
